马甲菝葜 (原变种) ma jia ba qia (yuan bian zhong)

Smilax micropoda A. de Candolle.

Leaf blade usually ovate to ovate-lanceolate, usually 1--3 × as long as wide, papery, adaxially not or slightly shiny, main veins raised adaxially (sometimes midvein slightly concave). 2 n = 32.

Forests, thickets, shaded places on slopes; 600--2800 m. Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Sikkim, Thailand, Vietnam].